Tuesday, April 30, 2024

04/16/24 CAN WE AGREE ON PERFECTION?

04/16/24 CAN WE AGREE ON PERFECTION?

Okay, we agree...
We cannot be Absolutely Perfect (only God is absolutely perfect).
We cannot be Inherently Perfect (only God is inherently perfect).
We cannot be Angelically Perfect (only the angels could be angelically perfect).
We cannot be Adamically Perfect (only Adam could be Adamically perfect).

But there are so many passages which indicate that God provides, enables, imparts and requires us to have a perfection (referred to variously as...
Atonement Perfection (perfection provided through the atonement).
Bible Perfection (perfection described and promised in the Bible).
Believer's Perfection (perfection provided for believers seeking purity of heart).
Christian Perfection (perfection which is consistent with the Christian message and life and available to Christians who seek God with the whole heart).

The Bible writers did not confuse the meaning of perfection and they did not try to argue God out of using His own vocabulary. God knew what He wanted and He knew how to say it. "Perfect" does not mean any more than what God intended for it to mean, but neither does it mean any less that what God intended for it to mean. People reject the idea of Biblical perfection because they warp the meaning God attached to His own, inspired word.

In other words, God provides and imparts a perfection, which comes through the atonement, revealed in the Bible, available for believers, and is an integral part of the Christian experience.

I posted this thought because while I was working on a document, which addresses the principles of victorious Christian living, I came across this passage. What a great truth.

There are some commentaries which explain away this revelation of God. But their disbelief and their fancy theological footwork does not change the fact that God said it, He said it clearly and He meant what He said.
Don't reject God's word or His words.
Don't interpret God's truth by changing His meaning.
Don't reject other people when they remain faithful to God's word and God's words.
Don't let the devil sidetrack you or derail you, based on your inability or unwillingness to think Biblically.
Learn to think and speak Biblically. 

Hebrews 13:20-21
20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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